person or book cover
Scanned for the Australian Pulp Fiction Industry project.
y separately published work icon From Earth to Mars single work   novel   science fiction  
Issue Details: First known date: 1943... 1943 From Earth to Mars
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'From Earth to Mars was the last of Heming's SF output. Richard Portess and Bill Thomas travel to Mars in the newly invented Sunship, whose technology is kept mercifully vague by the author. They land and discover a utopian society with no money, politics, or evil. Most of the book consists of a type of royal tour of Mars, encompassing everything from "women's work" and Martian home life in general, through to education, economics, crime and punishment, and high technology.

'After their ship is given a complimentary service, the travelers head back to Earth. The book is little more than a tour of Martian society with no story line and was somewhat dated even in its own time. Still, after several years of warfare in which their own country had been bombed, Australians probably found pleasant escapism in such works. The book reflects Heming's ideas on socialism, and he had plans to start a movement.'

Source: Blackford, Russell, Van Ikin and Sean McMullen. Strange Constellations: A History of Australian Science Fiction. Westport: Greenwood, 1999.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Currawong , 1943 .
      person or book cover
      Scanned for the Australian Pulp Fiction Industry project.
      Extent: 64p.
      Note/s:
      • Cover title only. Has subtitle: Perfect World!
      Series: Currawong Novels Currawong (publisher), 1941-1951 series - publisher novel The Currawong Novels series included a variety of fiction such as mystery, romance and western titles. Using the slogan on their back page, "You Can't Go Wrong with a Currawong", the series consisted of short novelettes of between 48 and 80 pages in length.

Works about this Work

War Years : Challenge and Little Response Graham Stone , 2001 single work essay bibliography review biography
— Appears in: Notes on Australian Science Fiction 2001; (p. 26-30)
The Golden Age of Australian Science Fiction Sean McMullen , 1995 single work column
— Appears in: Science Fiction : A Review of Speculative Literature , vol. 12 no. 3 (Issue 36) 1995; (p. 3-28)
The Golden Age of Australian Science Fiction Sean McMullen , 1995 single work column
— Appears in: Science Fiction : A Review of Speculative Literature , vol. 12 no. 3 (Issue 36) 1995; (p. 3-28)
War Years : Challenge and Little Response Graham Stone , 2001 single work essay bibliography review biography
— Appears in: Notes on Australian Science Fiction 2001; (p. 26-30)
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